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I'm just throwing this idea out there...
I'm wrapping up work on an MS Access 2003 database....
would disasterous results occur if I were to convert all text fields into memo fields (and also set the can grow/ can shrink fields to yes)?
Jan 9 '07 #1
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Kosmos
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Ehh I'm starting to hear memo's are very limited and buggy so I'll stick with texts I guess
Jan 9 '07 #2
NeoPa
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I would do that Kosmos.
Like yourself I've not heard a lot of good things about Memo fields.
Steer clear where possible would be my advice.
Jan 9 '07 #3
MMcCarthy
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I'm just throwing this idea out there...
I'm wrapping up work on an MS Access 2003 database....
would disasterous results occur if I were to convert all text fields into memo fields (and also set the can grow/ can shrink fields to yes)?
Memo fields can't be queried properly. They can also pick up a lot of characters that aren't recognised by Access. It's very hard to control how users use them.

The rule about memo fields is only use them when necessary and don't try to query them if you can avoid it.

Mary
Jan 12 '07 #4

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